tú imaginabas

imagined, were imagining

→ imaginar
imagin to imagine, to picture + abas 2nd-person singular imperfect
verb · 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #41,467
imagined, were imagining The form itself means “you imagined” or “you were imagining”; the subject is “you.”
SP: ¿Te imaginabas viviendo aquí?
EN: Did you imagine yourself living here?
Conjugation of imaginar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First imaginaba —
Second imaginabas —
Third imaginaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First imaginaba —
Second imaginabas —
Third imaginaba —

¿Te imaginabas como un hombre?

Did you imagine yourself as a man?

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

¿Esa era la hipótesis que imaginabas?

Was that the hypothesis you had in mind?

— Tropa de Élite 2 (2010)

Pero lo imaginabas.

But you imagined it.

— Tesis (1996)

¿Así te lo imaginabas?

Is this what you had in mind?

— Eternidad (2025)

¿Eso te imaginabas?

Is that what you had in mind?

— Argentina 1985 (2022)

¿Cómo te la imaginabas?

What did you imagine she was like?

— El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

¿No me imaginabas a mí o a ninguna otra mujer?

Did you imagine me, or any other woman?

— Ofrenda a la tormenta (2020)